Kindness and TED

"Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude."
― Joseph Wood Krutch

This week, I saw what has become my favorite TED talk.  It's by Shawn Achor, the former Harvard researcher whom I mentioned last week in a post.  His 2011 talk, "The Happy Secret to Better Work," has garnered more than 7.2 million views.  I encourage you to watch the 12-minute video, http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.

Achor says there are five things we can do daily that will change our mindset, boost our happiness and create more success:

§  Write three gratitudes

§  Journal about a positive experience

§  Exercise

§  Meditate

§  Perform a random act of kindness

I was delighted to see kindness as one of his five recommendations.